Improvement in wood-type cabinets



T'. c. HACKER. wood Type cabinets.

' Patented Aug.18,1874.

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THEODORE HAOKER, OF BROWNSVILLE, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF ANDEDGAR GIBSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WCOD-TYPE CABIETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,244, dated August18, 1874; application filed July 18, 1874.

.wood-typecabinet, the shelves beingshown open at one end and closed atthe other.

2 is a vertical cross-section of the same taken through the line at' w,Fig. 1.

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My invention has for'its object to furnish a-n improved cabinet for woodtype, which shall be so constructed that the shelves may be easily andquicklyopened and closed, which, when the shelves are open, will bringthe type within easy reach of the compositors hand, and which, when theyare closed, will exclude dust and dirt. `'I he invention consists in animproved wood-type cabinet formed by the combination of the shelvesprovided with gudgeons, with the body of the cabinet provided withinclined grooves and with stops, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the body of the cabinet, which is made with close top,sides, bottom, and back, and with an openmfront, and which .may be madeof any desired size. B are the shelves, which are divided by partitionsinto compartments of various sizes, according to the sizesof the typewhich they are to contain. To the ends of the shelves B are attachedgudgeons or pivots b', which enter inclined grooves al in the sidesofthe body A of the cabinet, so as to pivot fthe said shelves tol saidsides, and so that the said shelves may be conveniently removed whendesired. To the sides of the body of thecabinet A, a little below theinner end of the slots al, are attached stops c2, the upper sides ofwhich incline downward in front and rear, so as to support the shelves Bin proper position, both when open and when closed, as shown in Fig. 2.

With this construction, when the shelves are closed the upper edge ofthe front of each lower shelf rests against the bottom of the THEODOREC. HACKER.

Witnesses i L. A. BERGMANN, D. B. COLHAPP.

